The U.S. Supreme Court, in a historic decision on Thursday, upheld President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, confirming the constitutionality of the president’s signature legislative achievement that is predicted to expand insurance coverage to 30 million Americans.

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In 2012, the European Union (EU) received the Nobel Peace Prize for its decades-long contribution to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. When the first steps towards supranational cooperation were made in the aftermath of World War II, primarily targeted at preventing the rearmament of Germany, the Founding Fathers of the European integration could never have imagined this outcome in their wildest dreams.